- Full Game List -

Let's face it. We have a lot of games. And sometimes we categorize things in a way you might not. Maybe think of Fury of Dracula as a co-op because it's one-against-everyone. Or maybe we think something you'd call a gateway is actually a breadstick game. This is our catch all attempt to let you know what we have in our library, and will be glad to help you find it on the shelves.

MATT'S FAVORITES

Suburbia - Growing up playing SimCity 2000, I always loved building cities (and letting them get destroyed by aliens, earthquakes, and so on). Suburbia is the game that best gives me the feel of building a city with a bit of silliness mixed in. After all, building that nuclear waste dump next to the city will make you a TON of money... just don't build any residential areas nearby. As someone who loves design, I think the interlocking puzzle of how you can build your best city, and what that means for your surrounding suburban neighbors, is just brilliant.

Cosmic Encounter - The best part about playing Risk is making those informal alliances. "I won't attack Kamchatka if you don't attack Alaska," is something I've said dozens of times. Cosmic Encounter distills this informal alliance making-and-breaking into a game to see who can most successfully conquer this corner of the galaxy. The best part? Multiple people can win (and lose) on the last turn depending on how alliances are formed, meaning that everyone has a reason to keep fighting until the last colony falls.

Above and Below - If I could be a game designer, it would be Ryan Lauket (also check out Artifact's Inc., Dingo's Dream, Eight-Minute Empire, and Islebound). His games all have a simple mechanic that allows a great strategy game to unfold. Above and Below is my pick, though, because it wraps a simple city-building game around a push-your-luck style-choose-your-own-adventure-novel. It's beautiful, and makes you feel immersed in a world I always want to spend more time in.